Beware, the Capt’n, Jack and Bo’sun’ let me have Monday to blog this week and everyone knows letting me loose on a Monday is bad news. Weekends off the ship get me all worked up into a frenzy. And I know where you’re going- straight into the ship gutter.

Are you there yet?

Yeah?

Good ‘cause it means I’ve got you right where I want you. *wink*

All wench pirates know that in order to be a successful pirate you have to talk a good game. We can’t just saunter up to some black hearted pirate out to get our goods without seducing him out of his intentions with a little whisper in his ear. It’s an art form perfected from birth. From the first time you batted your eyelashes framed around those pretty little eyes to the first time you smiled coyly at a hot piece of pirate from across the tavern. Our subtleties are what separate us each as individuals. The art of pirate seduction is a finely tuned weapon in our arsenal that is sharpened to a point that the victim isn’t aware what hit them until we’re long gone.

Applying everything you know and have learned is the key ingredient to making or breaking your reputation as a pirate. Any pirate can sneak up and take a ship. Where’s the fun in that? Not every pirate can walk up to the Capt’n of the ship, take the wheel of the ship steer it in the course you want to go and leave the Capt’n standing beside you with a goofy smile on his face and nary a question from his lips. That takes finesse. Finesse that wench pirates perfect with each breath they take. It’s all about how fast I can wrap you around my finger and leave you wanting more.

Those trademarks and subtleties often translate into our heroines and heroes. Even if they are toned down or embellished (depends on where you are in the spectrum on the art of flirtation or seduction, whichever game you like to play), we still use a little bit of our own techniques when writing any scene with the slightest bit of heat in them. Mental role playing is fun in these situations. I often sit down and think about the scene I’m about to embark in. What about the scene have I experienced myself? Usually nothing except for the interaction between a male and female, but it’s all about the thrill and excitement of the chase. I’ve been playing the chase since I was a little girl. I learned to flirt before I learned how to talk. Flirting is all about signals and getting what you want. Every pirate needs to learn these things before taking over a ship and just as a writer these are employed into your characters through every interaction.

This doesn’t take a lot of thought. Yes, devising the ultimate plan of action against the blackheart does, but that can happen with just an instant. You have to have the right form of attack and we all know ultimately what the blackheart wants but he isn’t going to get it the way he wants it. You have to make him work for it and that’s the easy part.

How does real life experience with the opposite sex play into your scenes? How do you get what you want- play the seducer or the seduced? How about a new pirate pick-up line? Let’s have some fun today.

As a bonus, I came across some female pirate pick-up lines from Cap’n Slappy and Ol’ Chumbucket at http://www.talklikeapirate.com  

Surely we can think of some new ones.

10. What are YOU doing here?

9. Is that a belayin’ pin in yer britches, or are ye … (this one is never completed)

8. Come show me how ye bury yer treasure, lad!

7. So, tell me, why do they call ye, “Cap’n Feathersword?”

6. That’s quite a cutlass ye got thar, what ye need is a good scabbard!

5. Aye, I guarantee ye, I’ve had a twenty percent decrease in me “lice ratio!”

4. I’ve crushed seventeen men’s skulls between me thighs!

3. C’mon, lad, shiver me timbers!

2. RAMMING SPEED!

…and the number one Female Pirate Pick-up Line:

1. You. Pants Off. Now!